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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (36893)	8/10/2002 5:24:27 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

RE: terrorist screening...from that site this person mentions Minority Report scenario: "This DARPA project sounds a lot like Spielberg's Minority Report premise of 'PreCrime,'" said security consultant and author Richard Forno, referring to the fictional law enforcement office that arrests folks before they commit a crime. "I mean, I'm a geek, but my two degrees are in international relations. Does that mean if all of a sudden I start buying books on terrorism, bio-war or current affairs, I'm going to be labeled a potential bad guy?" Here's what I think, he will simply be labeled "bad guy", not "potential".